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Chris -- 2018-04-11
A folk etymologist might look at the last syllable of ‘specimen’ and conclude that is’s a plural noun, like ‘workmen’ or ‘highwaymen.’ If so, ther ought to be a singular form, and there is; ‘Speciman’ gets over 100k ghits. I’ve also listed a few examples below of ‘specimen’ used as a plural or collective noun:
He looked at Timmy Purvis and thought that Timmy Purvis was the most perfect speciman of the male sex he had ever seen.
books.google.com/books?isbn=0802136915
For all other gemstones, the individual speciman is judged for the quality effect of inclusions.
books.google.com/books?isbn=1402740166
... that will be at once admitted to be the most conspicuous, and therefore the fairest that we could select as a speciman —the great Duke of Marlborough.
books.google.com/books?id=j7X7NBQROIgC
What a noble speciman of man existed in the person, and displayed itself in the acts of this warrior-chief!
books.google.com/books?isbn=0393007162
Biological speciman containment and incubation pouch – US Patent 5827174 …
www.patentstorm.us/patents/5827174.html
This is a great buy…a Fisher Scientific microscope with 50 speciman slides for $100.00.
phoenix.craigslist.org/for/377023163.html
A highly attractive speciman book from the days when quality typography in commercial publishing still mattered.
www.virtualbooksellers.com/list.php?bas … searchfor=
‘specimen’ as plural-
In order to be able to plastinate these specimen, a plastination facility will … More importantly, these specimen can also be used in educational settings …
www.umcn.nl/scientist/afdelingen/anatom … facilities
All of these specimen were selected from literally hundreds of clunky messed up rubbish.
www.trinityminerals.com/sm2001/morocco2.shtml
Albino caramello, In many cases this unique pigment acquire brilliant nuance and confer an exceptional beautiful appearance to these specimen.
www.testudoalbino.com/pagineuk/index.php
After removing octafluorpropane the specimen were weighed, ...
https://detector-cooling.web.cern.ch/de … F_test.pdf
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